Overall, research updates have proven that previous recommendations were too conservative and more nitrogen is available to crops. 

Based on fall adult surveys conducted by USDA-APHIS, the risk of grasshopper infestation in Nebraska rangelands will be low in 2022. A majority of the western United States are projected to have very low numbers.

A new bill introduced in the Nebraska Legislature would significantly change the state's drainage law by preventing upper landowners from draining water to their lower neighbors if the drainage hurt the lower landowners.